Just as the Death Council suffered a devastating loss and its battle line teetered on the brink of collapse...
The Holy Light Church launched fierce counterattacks against the Sison Kingdom, the Frost Giant Court, and the fledgling Revolutionary Army Government, even as it continued fighting the Divine Eagle Empire on the main front.
All three were caught off guard. None had expected the Holy Light Church to spare so many troops, and all suffered heavy losses.
The Revolutionary Army Government, with its shallow roots, fared especially badly. Only when Xiweina Ye deployed the Destroyer King Kong Legion did she barely manage to drive back the Holy Light Church's counterattack.
Even then, the Revolutionary Army Government lost most of the strength it had worked so hard to build.
The Frost Giant Court fared little better. Already badly depleted by two previous upheavals, the Frost Giants lost nearly half of the twenty-thousand-strong army they had mustered this time. It was a bitter blow to Akswaili, the new King of the Frost Giants.
Akswaili had overthrown his father on the grounds that his poor conduct of the war had cost their people dearly.
Now the same accusation hung over Akswaili. Some tribes whose interests had suffered had even begun making secret contact, planning to depose him and bring back the old giant king from captivity.
Unlike his father, however, Akswaili had better sources of intelligence and was far more ruthless.
While the tribal Elders were still plotting in secret, he learned of their plans and struck before they could react.
The Elders were caught unawares and all fell beneath Akswaili's blade. The purge secured his throne, but it also bred disloyalty within the Frost Giant Court. Akswaili no longer dared commit his main forces to the battlefield. If they took too many losses,